About the Authors

Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

Affiliations MRC Human Immunology Unit, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Louise Jones

Affiliation MRC Human Immunology Unit, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

S. D. Kamaladasa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

A. Wijewickrama

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

S. L. Seneviratne

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology, Imperial College AHSC (St Mary'sHospital), London, United Kingdom

Antony P. Black

Affiliation MRC Human Immunology Unit, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Graham S. Ogg

graham.ogg@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Affiliations MRC Human Immunology Unit, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Dermatology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GNM GO. Performed the experiments: GNM LJ. Analyzed the data: GNM APB GO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GNM LJ SK AW SS APB GO. Wrote the paper: GNM GO.